Grow guide
How to grow Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia)
Capsicum chinense
- Type
- Pepper
- Zones
- USDA zones 5–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 100–120 days
- Spacing
- 18″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Start indoors, then transplant
- Start indoors
- 12 weeks before last frost
Care
- Harvest Weekly
- Fertilize Biweekly
Notes
Extremely hot. Start very early indoors for 7B.
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